{"id":177335,"date":"2007-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-t-varghese-vs-the-divisional-forest-officer-on-14-december-2007"},"modified":"2018-07-06T05:57:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T00:27:08","slug":"p-t-varghese-vs-the-divisional-forest-officer-on-14-december-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-t-varghese-vs-the-divisional-forest-officer-on-14-december-2007","title":{"rendered":"P.T.Varghese vs The Divisional Forest Officer on 14 December, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">P.T.Varghese vs The Divisional Forest Officer on 14 December, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 35130 of 2007(F)\n\n\n1. P.T.VARGHESE, AGED 50 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE RANGE OFFICER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SMT.DAISY A.PHILIPOSE\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.GIRI\n\n Dated :14\/12\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                               V.GIRI, J\n\n                             -------------------\n\n                        W.P.(C).35130\/2007\n\n                            --------------------\n\n          Dated this  the  14th day of December, 2007\n\n\n                            JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>        Learned   Government   Pleader   submits     that   the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner&#8217;s claim has been rejected by the Government  as<\/p>\n<p>per   order   dated   16.6.2006.     Learned   counsel   for   the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner   submits   that   the   petitioner   is   unaware   of   this.<\/p>\n<p>Copy   of   the   said   Government     Order   has     been   handed<\/p>\n<p>over   to   the   learned   counsel   for   the   petitioner.     In   the<\/p>\n<p>circumstances,   she seeks permission to withdraw the writ<\/p>\n<p>petition with  liberty to challenge the said order and seek<\/p>\n<p>appropriate   reliefs.     Liberty   is   granted   and   the     writ<\/p>\n<p>petition is dismissed as withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>                                          V.GIRI,<\/p>\n<p>                                          Judge<\/p>\n<p>mrcs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court P.T.Varghese vs The Divisional Forest Officer on 14 December, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 35130 of 2007(F) 1. P.T.VARGHESE, AGED 50 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, &#8230; Respondent 2. 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